The heartbreaker
4.5828
points from the title
Came within 4.5828 points of the Grand Championship at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Sep 8, 2022).
Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team
Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 35 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1732 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1551
peak 1551 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 18, 2020
latest Apr 7, 2023 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.68
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.13)
Road miles
526
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$91K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
684.47 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1551
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1551
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#1,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 83%
- Peak
- 1551
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1551
Level with Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1550
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,742 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1550
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Pig BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 169.6684 | 173.23 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 163.3944 | 169.13 | top 36% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 165.0856 | 170.82 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 166.2400 | 171.28 | top 31% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 11% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 14% | Apr 7, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
358
finished ahead 349 times, behind 138
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 18, 2020 → May 5, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Peak power rating (1551) Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20225 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall podium Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First Reserve Championship Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score696.4912 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- First call Smoke on the Falls
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.3372 Smoke on the Falls
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| +15.6 | Smoke on the Falls | Sep 18, 2020 |
| +13.8 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
| +7 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 17, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | Poosa Q | May 5, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 95.3% | 95.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 30% | 96.7% | 95.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 5 / 39 (686.2056) | 5 (173.1200) | 15 (169.1544) | 5 (173.1084) | 12 (170.8228) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 24 / 80 (683.8972) | 41 (170.8228) | 14 (172.5716) | 59 (165.0856) | 6 (175.4172) |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 2 / 35 (696.4912) | 1 (180) | 9 (171.4172) | 7 (173.1084) | 7 (171.9656) |
| May 5, 2022 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 39 / 72 (672.4112) | 34 (169.6684) | 36 (169.1200) | 44 (167.3828) | 45 (166.2400) |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 4 / 28 (683.3372) | 3 (172.5600) | 14 (163.3944) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (171.9656) |